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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Great Barlow, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.40 |
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| GREAT BARLOW is a village, township and parish
on a bold eminence, commanding a very extensive view of a finely cultivated
country, 5 miles from Staveley station on the Midland railway, 4 miles
north-west from Chesterfield, and 10 south from Sheffield, in the
Chesterfield division of the county, parish of Staveley, hundred of
Scarsdale, union, petty sessional division and county court district
of Chesterfield, rural deanery of Dronfield, archdeaconry of Derby,
and diocese of Southwell. The church of St. Lawrence is a small Norman
building, consisting of chancel (added in 1867), nave, south porch,
and turret containing one bell: there are four stained windows, placed
here in 1874; an inscribed marble slab to Robert Barley and his wife,
Margaret, dated 1469 ; and an ancient coffin lid with inscription,
but undated : there are 243 sittings. The register dates from the
year 1573. The living is a perpetual curacy, yearly value from tithe
rent-charge £153, with three acres of glebe and residence, in
the gift of the rector of Staveley, and held since 1879 by the Rev.
Cornelius Dyson M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Coal and ironstone
are found in abundance. The charities for distribution amount to £22
yearly. The Duke of Rutland G.C.B. is lord of the manor and principal
landowner. Charles Thorold esq. of Welham, Retford, is also a landowner,
and owner of Woodseats Hall, now (1890) occupied as a farm by Mr.
Samuel Hulley. The soil is light; subsoil, mixed. The chief crops
are wheat, oats and barley. The acreage is 3,760 ; rateable value,
£5,914; the population in 1881 was 920. POST, M. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.- Gervase Margerison, sub-postmaster. Letters from Chesterfield arrive at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.30 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Whittington Moor WALL LETTER BOX, Commonside, cleared at 5.15 p.m SCHOOLS :- The Stephenson charity provides for the education of 10 poor children at Barlow National school A National School (mixed) was built with residence for master & mistress in 1872, for 185 children; average attendance, 141 ; John Henry Bunting, master; Mrs. Bertha Bunting, mistress; Miss A. E. Taylor, assistant mistress Bradshaw George, Grange Dyson Rev. Cornelius M.A. Parsonage COMMERCIAL. Anthony Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Moorhall Bargh Richard, blacksmith Bland Hy. Wainwright, farmer, Hall frm Booker Henry, market gardener Bowler Henry, mason, Grange Bradbury William, shopkeeper Cartledge William, farmer, Wilday green Caudwell Joseph, farmer, Barlow Lees Cooper Aaron, farmer, Bolehill Crookes John, farmer, Newgate Dale William, boot & shoe dealer, Barlow commonside Drabble Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Farr lane Fletcher Joseph, shopkeeper Frith Joseph, water works inspector Froggatt John, farmer, Grange Lumb Goodlad John, farmer, Johnny gate Gratton Wm. (Mrs.), farmer, Highlight Hadlington George, farmer, Moorhall Hallatt Charles, farmer, Grange Hallatt Levi, farmer, Oxtonrakes Hallatt Levi, jun. farmer, Grange Hallatt Thomas, market, gardener Hardy John, farmer, Monkwood Haslam Ann (Mrs.) & Son, farmers, Badley lane Haslam George, farmer, Commonside Haslam Joseph, farmer, Wilday green Haslam Mark, mason Holleley Ann & Son, farmers, Barlow Lees Holmes John, shopkeeper Holmes William, farmer, Moorhall Holmes William, farmer Hopkinson Wm. farmer, Grange Lumb Howard John, farmer, Crowhole Howarth William, farmer, Johnny gate Hulley Samuel, farmer, Woodseats hall James Charles, farmer, Oxtonrakes Lancaster Samuel, farmer, Peakley bill Lowe Anthony, greengrocer Margerison Gervase, carpenter, sawing mills, & post office Margerison Hannah (Mrs.), farmer Margerison Mary Ellen (Mrs.), farmer Marples Wm. & James, farmers, Grange Marples James, farmer, Grange Morgan John, farmer Needham George, farmer, High Ashes Needham George, farmer, Wilday green Needham Herbert, farmer Needham James, farmer, Grange house Pearson George, farmer, Moorhall Pidcock John, farmer, Rumbley street Pinder Ann (Mrs.), farmer Platts Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Plevins Chas. Hy. & Co. Monkswood collry Priestly Isaac, New inn Richardson William, beer retaIler Shemwell James, butcher, Commonside Silcock Robert, farmer, Grange Simpson Ann (Miss), farmer Simpson Thomas, farmer Smith Edward, farmer, Monkwood Spafford George, grocer &c Straw William, apartments Sylvester Sam, Peacock P.H Tagg Martin, farmer, Brentwood gate Tone John, shopkeeper, Rutland terrace Turner George, shopkeeper, Wilday gn Tyler Samuel, farmer, Wellspring Walker John, grocer &c Wolstenholme John, farmer, Crowhole Woodruff Henry, beer retailer Wright John, monumental mason [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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